Verse 47
Ezekiel 20:47
Literal Standard Version
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and you have said to the forest of the south, Hear a word of YHWH! Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, || And it has devoured every moist tree in you, and every dry tree, || The glowing flames are not quenched, || And all faces from south to north have been burned by it.
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Chapter 20 Context
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And it comes to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from t...
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and there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Son of man, speak to the elderly of Israel, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: Are you...
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Do you judge them? Do you judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,
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and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: In the day of My fixing on Israel, || I lift up My h...
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In that day I lifted up My hand to them, || To bring them forth from the land of Egypt, || To a land...
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And I say to them, Let each cast away the detestable things of his eyes, || And do not be defiled wi...
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And they rebel against Me, || And have not been willing to listen to Me, || Each has not cast away t...
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And I do it for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile it before the eyes of the nations, || In whose mids...
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And I bring them out of the land of Egypt, || And I bring them into the wilderness,
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And I give My statutes to them, || And I caused them to know My judgments, || Which the man who does...
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And I have also given My Sabbaths to them, || To be for a sign between Me and them, || To know that...
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And the house of Israel rebels against Me in the wilderness, || They have not walked in My statutes,...
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And I do it for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile it before the eyes of the nations, || Before whose...
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And also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, || Not to bring them into the land tha...
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Because they kicked against My judgments, || And they have not walked in My statutes, || And they ha...
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And My eye has pity on them—against destroying them, || And I have not made an end of them in the wi...
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And I say to their sons in the wilderness: Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, || And do no...
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I am your God (Elohim) YHWH, walk in My statutes, || And observe My judgments, and do them,
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And sanctify My Sabbaths, || And they have been for a sign between Me and you, || To know that I am...
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And the sons rebel against Me, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have not observed...
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And I have turned back My hand, || And I do it for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile it before the ey...
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I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, || To scatter them among nations, || And...
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Because they have not done My judgments, || And they have despised My statutes, || And they have def...
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And I also, I have given statutes to them that are not good, || And judgments by which they do not l...
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And I defile them by their own gifts, || By causing every opener of a womb to pass away, || So that...
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Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH:...
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And I bring them into the land, || That I lifted up My hand to give to them, || And they see every h...
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And I say to them: What is the high place to where you are going in?” And its name is called “High P...
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“Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: Are you defiling yourselves in the way...
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And in the offering of your gifts, || In causing your sons to pass through fire, || You are defiled...
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And that which is going up on your mind, || It is not at all—in that you are saying: We will be as t...
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As I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, || Do I not, with a strong hand, || And with an outstretched a...
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And I have brought you forth from the peoples, || And assembled you from the lands || In which you h...
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And I have brought you into the wilderness of the peoples, || And have been judged with you there fa...
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As I was judged with your fathers, || In the wilderness of the land of Egypt, || So I am judged with...
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And I have caused you to pass under the rod, || And brought you into the bond of the covenant,
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And cleared out the rebels from you, || And those transgressing against Me, || I bring them out from...
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And you, O house of Israel, thus said Lord YHWH: Each go, serve his idols, || And afterward, if you...
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For on My holy mountain, || On the mountain of the height of Israel, || A declaration of Lord YHWH,...
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With refreshing fragrance I accept you, || In My bringing you out from the peoples, || And I have as...
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And you have known that I am YHWH, || In My bringing you to the ground of Israel, || To the land tha...
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And you have remembered your ways there, || And all your doings, || In which you have been defiled,...
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And you have known that I am YHWH, || In My dealing with you for My Name’s sake, || Not according to...
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And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Son of man, set your face the way of Teman, and prophesy to the south, and prophesy to the forest o...
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and you have said to the forest of the south, Hear a word of YHWH! Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am...
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And all flesh has seen, that I, YHWH, have kindled it—it is not quenched.”
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And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, || They are saying of me, || Is he not using allegories?”
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